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Ripple and Ctrl Alt partner on Dubai’s real estate tokenisation project
Gulf Business
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July 16, 2025
Image: Supplied Ripple, a global leader in digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Ctrl Alt, a UAE-based tokenisation infrastructure platform. The partnership will see Ctrl Alt adopt...
Dubai government selects Ripple as custodian for real estate tokenization
Cryptopolitan
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July 16, 2025
Ripple has partnered with Ctrl Alt, a real estate tokenization infrastructure platform that is being used by the Dubai Land Department, to provide its custody technology. The partnership will support the real estate tokenization project using...
Nigeria’s road to net zero
Energy Knowledge - Energy Institute
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Mararaban Demshin mini grid installed by Sosai Renewable Energy, Quaanpan local government, Plateau state, Nigeria. Sosai has deployed renewable energy solutions to over two million Nigerians, especially in rural communities of Nigeria, ranging...
Nigeria Needs New Constitution That Reflects People’s Yearnings — Anyaoku
Leadership
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July 16, 2025
Former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku has stated that Nigeria needs a new Constitution that will reflect the needs and yearnings of the people. Chief Anyanku stated this in his welcome address at the National Summit organised...
Ripple to secure Dubai real estate tokenisation data
Gulf News
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Tokenising, storing property titles Last month, Ctrl Alt announced its partnership with the Dubai Land Department (DLD) as the tokenisation platform for the Real Estate Tokenisation Project. This project, launched in collaboration with VARA, aims...
Nigerian man sentenced for defrauding $1.3 million in COVID-19 benefits
Golden State Today - California
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July 16, 2025
Bilal A. Essayli U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of CaliforniaBilal A. Essayli U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California A Nigerian man residing in the San Gabriel Valley has been...
Relevance of accounting in mission, church growth in Africa
Graphic
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July 16, 2025
“Be vigilant in keeping accounts." This wise counsel from Marshall Garden, as cited in In Search of the Spirit of Capitalism, has never been more relevant to the African Church than it is today. Across Africa, the Church remains a cornerstone of...
Secrets, Silence, Survival: Inside a Nigerian Military Prison
HumAngle
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July 16, 2025
No one recalls the road to Wawa. New detainees are blindfolded several kilometres ahead. Inmates are also blindfolded and driven out before release. It was July 27, 2021. Eleven people returning to South East Nigeria after the trial of Nnamdi...
President of the National Teachers' Union: Education in Angola “is at the bottom of the list of priorities”
Ver Angola
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"We've heard it said that Angola is an extremely rich country (...), but we still have children studying under trees, children writing with notebooks on their laps," lamented Hermínia do Nascimento. The union leader warned that the "lack of...
Landmark Africa begins renovation of Nike Lake Resort after N10 billion joint venture with Enugu Govt
Nairametrics
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July 16, 2025
Landmark Africa has begun the phased renovation of the historic Nike Lake Resort in Enugu, marking the first step in a N10 billion investment to reposition the facility as a world-class tourism and hospitality destination. The company announced...
Klimt Criminal Complaint: African Prince's Escape From Hungary Scandal Escalates
XpatLoop
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The ministry of construction and transport has filed with police a criminal complaint over a painting by Gustav Klimt which is believed to have been taken out of the country illegally, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the...
Kaduna NURTW urges FG to fast-track road construction to curb accidents
Punch
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July 16, 2025
The Kaduna State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers has appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action on the construction and rehabilitation of roads in the state to curb the recurring loss of lives and property. The...
Ribbon cut on African Plains Building at Roosevelt Park Zoo
The Minot Daily News - North Dakota
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Jill Schramm/MDN A giraffe munches on the refreshments hung on the African Plains Building’s viewing overlook, where park and zoo staff and members of the Minot Area Chamber EDC Ambassadors gathered for a ribbon cutting Tuesday. The Minot Park...
Inside Ruto’s housing job claims: What the data really says
Capital FM Kenya
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July 16, 2025
NAIROBI, Kenya July 16 – President William Ruto’s latest push to absorb 4,000 young professionals into the Affordable Housing Programme has reignited the debate over whether his government is actually delivering on the ambitious job creation...
South Africa And Tunisia Strengthen Science, Technology And Innovation Cooperation
MENAFN
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) As part of Minister Nzimande's extensive official visit to the Republic of Tunisia, earlier today, the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) signed a partnership to scale up science, technology and innovation...
KZN’s Ugu district to become major construction site
Rising Sun Chatsworth
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July 16, 2025
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited’s (SANRAL) ongoing effort to make the KwaZulu-Natal province a construction site has taken a notch up, owing to the planned upgrade of 66 kilometres of the N2 national road from Mtamvuna River to...
African Union official hails depth of partnership with China
China Daily Global
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A senior legal adviser to the African Union has underscored the vital role of China-Africa solidarity in upholding the authority of international law and promoting a more just system of global governance. In an interview with China Daily, AU Legal...
New Tool Connects Homeless to Housing, and More Local News
Flagpole Magazine - Georgia
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July 16, 2025
The most recent count of homeless individuals in Athens, conducted on Jan. 29, found 543 people living outdoors, in shelters or in various types of supportive or transitional housing, down from 585 last year. And officials hope that a new...
Woodhall Capital Partners Polaris Bank, UK, LSETF, Launches N1.5 bn Fund To Scale Nigeria’s Creative Economy
Daily Independent
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July 16, 2025
1 Woodhall Capital in partnership with Polaris Bank, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) and UK governments have launched a ₦1.5 billion Creative Sector Fund aimed at expanding access to structured financing for creative entrepreneurs meant...
Ethiopia's Economic Reform Encourages Indian Companies to Invest in Ethiopia, Says Ambassador Rai
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, July 11, 2025 (ENA)—Ethiopia's Homegrown Economic Reform Agenda has brought transformative changes that encourage Indian foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, India's Ambassador Anil Kumar Rai told ENA. The Indian...